Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-16
THE JUBILEE YEAR.
HOW IT WILL BE CELEBRATED IN
THE DOMINION OF CANADA.

In the Multitude of Counselors Is There
Confusion-some of the Plans Proposed
in General and In Different Localities.
1887 Red Letter Year.
Especial Correspondence
OTTAWA, Ont, April g.
This year Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty seven will be inscribed in
letters of the deepest red on the records Of
Great Britain and her dependencies. Never
before has the nation had occasion to cele-
brate the jubilee year Of its sovereign, and
never before have the loyal sentiments Of the
people been aroused to such pitch.
Only two other English monarchs have
worn the coronet for fifty years, namely:
Henry III, from 1915 to 1877, and Edward
III, from 1897 to 1877. The former devoted
his jubilee year to suppressing the last ves-
tiges of rebellion among his faithful, loving
subjects, while the latter concluded the fif-
tieth year Of his reign, and the last Of his
life, under the ban of public scandal. No
such unfortunate contretemps has laid its
pasying hand on the jubilee year Of her
majesty Queen Victoria, and an empire, whose
boast is that the sun never sets on its broad
domain, is pausing in the hurried rush of po-
itical and national life to lay its tribute at
the feet of her whom it is proud to term the
best sovereign it ever had.
India has already celebrated, and Eng
land and Australia are busy getting ready
to follow suit. Canada has evidently found
long looked for opportunity Of mani
Testing Just how loyal her sentiments toward
Great Britain in general and Queen Victoria
in particular are and is determined to take
every advantage of it. For the time being
AT,
ing of loyalty is hushed and kept in the back
ground. The approaching jubilee is rapidly
absorbing public attention, and it is probable
that even such leading questions as the fishery
difficulty will for the moment sink into COM
parative insignificancc. In fact, it may be
said there is almost an unhealthy vigor of
sentiment, something like that which char
acterizes forced plant or flower. There is
hardly a corporation, municipal or district,
in the dominion, which has not given some
attention to the matter, and the number of
schemes and plans proposed are amazing II
only one 1.-THE Of them are carried i..vo execu-
ton Canada's celebration Of the ju-
biee will be a gorgeous, marvellous
and memorable one The amount Of
advice which is being showered in upon the
civic bodies from all sides, not only by
bucketsful but by hogsheads, is astounding
Every man with pet hobby Of his own
is rushing into print under the heading
Jubilee Celebration" That pest, the spring
poet, has hit upon new theme, and editors
are being badgered with Jubilee Odes" in
about the same proportion as spring poetry,
and are driven almost to their wits ends. 1t
is Just questionable whether Canadian society
will find the jubilee celebration all altogether
unn,ixed blessing.
Plans and propositions have been submitted
TO almost every corporation, and in few
cases a definite course Of action has been de-
cidel upon. All the schemes proposed, except
the most visionary, are in favor OF the estab-
lshnent of some permanent commenOration
of the event, such as the erection of scholastic
institutions, the laying out Of parks, etc. In
fact, there is a general tendency among all
corporations to celebrate the jubilee by the
carry ..ig Out OF some practical WORK, e..ner
sanitary, educational or otherwise, perna-
nently beneficial, the want Of which is felt,
hut which would otherwise, for lack of stimu
h,s. be indefinitely postponed. Spectacular
demonstrations are not by any means being
neglected, but these are to he the more perma
nent memcntoes of the jubilee. Military re-
views are becoming a positive rage. and if
only one-half the proposed military maneu-
vers are carried out the militia force of
majesty's next coronation day. There is also
considerable talk Of inviting some OF the
American troops over to take part in the dem
onstrations. In addition to all this there is
IN incentive to the mayors of the cities of
Montreal and Toronto to put forward a little
extra personal enthusiasm to secure the sue
rcss of their festivities, us a report is current
that her majesty will commemorate her
Jubilee by knighting the mayors of all cities
n the empire which have population num-
nering over 100000.
Both the federal and provin cial govern
ments will also be expected to take some
action toward commemorative an event of 80
much significance. If this action should con-
Sist of anything more than congratulatory
resolutions, it will probably take the form of
the establishment of educational or other
public institutions. This matter, however
will only be disposed of at the end of the pres
mt session Of the provincial houses, and as
none of them, excepting British Columbia,
mas yet reached that stage, their prospective
action is only speculative. There is a
strong feeling in favor OF the Federal
government concentrating the jubilee by
establishing a school Of practical science, but
whether the country's legislators will see their
way clear to this end or not is also only
matter of conjecture. One movement which
IS being asitated by quite a large and i'll
hueItial class, both in this country and Eng
land, as commemorative of her majesty's
jubilee, is that of imperial federation. Sew
eral prominent statesmen are giving the mat
ter their attention just now, and strenuous
efforts are being made to obtain for the
movement its contamination, as nearly as
possible, this year.
There has been a great deal OF talk and
considerable newspaper discussion throughout
the country as to the national character the
celebration shall assume, but very little has
yet been decided in this respect. Spectacu-
lar demonstrations, military reviews, etc,
will take place between May "a tqueen's
birthday and July l dominion day., the
browning event, whatever that may be, COM
ing off on June ~ coronation day.. The last
mentioned date will be observed as a gala
day throughout the country.
An exceedingly interesting feature of all
these preparations is the distinctive national
traits which are brought into prominence.
While the English Canadians are chiefly
DESTROYS of celebrating the event in some
practical shape, the French Canadians are all